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Discover emerging Irish filmmakers at the 68th Cork International Film Festival

Posted: 1st November 2023

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is proud to present an exciting and diverse line-up of new Irish short films that will screen at the 68th Cork International Film Festival.

This year's line-up includes four shorts from the Focus Shorts scheme and one short from the Actor as Creator scheme (co-funded by Screen Ireland and Bow Street Academy).

  • The Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Shorts programme will take place on Saturday, 11th November at 6pm in The Everyman Theatre. More info and tickets here. 
  • Lochlainn McKenna's Two For The Road will also screen as part of the Pure Cork programme on Sunday, 12th November at 12.45pm at The Everyman Theatre. More info and tickets here.
  • Cillian Ó Gairbhí's Anamchara will screen as part of the Irish Shorts 1: In Competition programme on Saturday, 11th November at 2.30pm at the Triskel Arts Centre. More info and tickets here.

For more information about the Screen Ireland supported short films screening at the Cork International Film Festival, take a look at the digital spotlight below.

Two For The Road

Amidst spontaneous travels around 1990s Ireland, Oscar, a young boy, finds himself navigating the true essence of adventure and chaos with his father, one spirited weekend away at a time.

Two For The Road
Written and directed by Lochlainn McKenna, produced by Natalie Britton and Gráinne Dwyer.

Room Taken

When a man, new to Ireland, experiences homelessness and needs a place to sleep, he secretly takes up residence in the home of an elderly blind woman, which leads to them forming a unique bond.

Room Taken
Written by Michael Whelan, directed by TJ O'Grady-Peyton, produced by Colmán Mac Cionnaith.

Wrecker

A father and daughter struggle in the midst of the famine in Ireland. Faced with the grim reality of eviction and starvation, a young girl learns just how far her father is willing to go to survive.

Wrecker
Written by Aoife Bradshaw, directed by Martina McGlynn, produced by Garret Daly.

Yellow Belt

As his parents separate, a young boy on the cusp of adolescence develops an unrealistic crush on an older teenage girl in his Taekwondo class but soon finds out that no matter what age you are, love can sometimes hurt.

Yellow Belt
Written by Alan O’Gorman & Allyn Quigley, directed by Allyn Quigley, produced by Aisling Malone.

Anamchara

Christmas time in a small-town chipper finds a couple at a turning point. Some choices must be made. Curry chips or eternal love?

Anamchara
Written by Cillian Ó Gairbhí and Rachel Feeney, directed by Cillian Ó Gairbhí.